Oil painting materials and tools

With transparent vegetable oil mixed pigment, made in the base fabric, paper, and board on materials such as the image of the mold art paintings. Its origin and development in Europe, to become a world an important type of modern times. Produce the 15 the century European painting before the egg is the predecessor of the colored drawing oil painting. In the use of law of the colored eggs at the same time, many artists continue to look for more ideal harmony of the agent. Generally, the 15 the century, the virtuous orchid painter van love, brothers is the founder of the oil painting skill. They try to dissolve previous with oil paint on the basis of using linseed oil and walnut oil painting, the harmonic agent as described in fluent, pigment in handling the picture dry time moderate, easy to does painting in the process Duce cover, and modify the form rich color level and gloss, dry paint adhesion, not easy after peel and fade. They use new oil painting material creation; at the time of the painting is having an impact. Oil painting technology in Western Europe soon spread to other countries; especially in the Italian city of Venice develop rapidly.

The main oil painting materials and tools have pigment, paintbrush, and draw the sword, and canvas, polish oil, frame, etc.

(1) The pigment, points of mineral and chemical synthesis two kinds big. The original pigments for mineral pigments, more by hand grinding to a fine, only when the paint to mediate Bin inside. Modern by factory batch production, into the type of paint tin tube, are also increasing. The performance of the pigment with the chemical content of relevant, color mixing, chemistry will make some adverse reaction between pigments. Thus, the performance of the master pigment to give full play to the oil painting skills and make the work color is the same.

(2) The brush, with elastic moderate animal hair, has made a spike round, flat fang flat shape, short form and the flat front categories.

(3) the knife, also called the painting spatulas, with elastic Bogging piece, have made pointed state, the points, used in round palette pigment, many artists; and the sword, with the sword who directly painting or in part on the canvas form and texture of the pigment, increase expressive level.

(4) The canvas, the standard canvas, is will linen or canvas tight wooden box in, with oil and with glue or mixed in the surface of the cloth and besmear is made and be become. Generally make it not oil absorption and have certain effect cloth grain grounds, or according to the creation of oil absorption or half to make it completely oil absorption grounds. The cloth grain size according to the size of the picture to decide, according to the needs of the painting effect choice. Some artists use greased the canvas, easy to form the unified picture painted at tonal, showing the impression you least expect them to. After besmear bottom after making, not oil absorption board or cardboard may replace the canvas.

(5) Oil painting, usually in polish finish and dry with glazing cover after oil, keep the gloss, preventing air picture erosion and fouling.

6, complete the casing outside the canvas work including frame, especially sexual strong oil painting, the casing outside the viewer to form of work, makes the picture of the horizon line complete, concentration, in the picture viewer feel object in the further development. The thickness of the frame size, according to the content of his works and decides. Classical painting of frame multi-purpose wood, gypsum is made; the more modern painting the casing outside the metal with aluminum alloy material is made.